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MICHELLE M. BENECKE

Co-executive director and co-founder of the Service members Legal Defense Network, a group organized to monitor the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue” policy. Michelle Benecke was one of the authors of the latest report documented the harassment of gay men and lesbian service members.

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